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Open & Shut: Rize + Rest; Zander’s; Suspended Brewing; Joe Squared
Rize + Rest: This fittingly named newbie, which debuted in the Patterson Park/Highlandtown area a few weeks back, specializes in both breakfast (“rize”) and dinner (“rest”). The concept comes from chef Randall Matthews, who once traveled the globe opening restaurants for celebrity chef Michael Mina’s The Mina Group. That stint eventually brought him to Wit & Wisdom, the former restaurant inside the Four Seasons Baltimore, where he fell in love with Charm City.
Festively Decorated Baltimore Holiday Bars You Need to Visit This Month
As those advent calendars continue the countdown to Dec. 25, many local watering holes are transforming their interiors into mini winter wonderlands. Staff have sufficiently decked the halls with lights, bows, tinsel, candy canes—you name it—all to create a cozy atmosphere for guests to snap photos and get into the holiday spirit. And, as the star on top of the Christmas tree, many of these bars are also offering specialty drinks (think: toasted marshmallow martinis and “Jingle Juice” cocktails) to round out your very-merry visit.
Movie review: Maestro
Leonard Bernstein was a towering figure of the 20th century—the kind of celebrity only mid-century America could produce. A conductor, composer, and pedagogue of the highest order, he was also a glamorous and fashionable man, a social activist, a sex symbol, a master conversationalist, and a household name, even hosting a long-running CBS television show, Young People’s Concerts, that introduced generations of children to classical music.
Your Charm City Holiday Bucket List
It’s the most wonderful time of the year again. Wintertime holidays loom just ahead, and with that comes great fun set to last through December. With so many can’t-miss events (and so little time) suddenly, festive becomes a fiasco. So here’s a small gift for you this year: a roundup of Baltimore basics to help you get started. Below, see some of our favorites to help you ease into the holiday season the Baltimore way.
Counter Culture: ‘Diner,’ Revisited
When Barry Levinson’s Diner was first released in 1982, it was a hit with audiences and critics alike. Famously, The New Yorker critic Pauline Kael was an early champion of the film, calling it “that rare autobiographical movie that is made by someone who knows how to get the texture right.” Roger Ebert gave it 3.5 out of 4 stars and compared it to classics like American Graffiti and Fellini’s I Vitelloni. (This was all the more extraordinary as it was Levinson’s first film.)
A Local Org is Creating Free Walk-Up Fridges for Anyone in Need
Aside from the occasional excursion to buy odds and ends for cooking, Greenmount West resident J.C. Faulk—a documentarian and diversity consultant—hardly ever shops for groceries. His cumulative food bill for the last three and a half years sits around $400. This seems impossible—especially in the wake of inflation—but Faulk is able to do it thanks to food rescuing, a practice in which he receives soon-to-be-discarded items from food sellers and restaurants.
Movie review: May December
I tend to get annoyed when I see films that depict journalists behaving badly, doing whatever it takes to get the story, trampling all over ethical lines. Not exactly the best representation of my profession. So I can’t help but wonder how actors—method actors in particular—will feel watching Todd Haynes’...
Baltimore Group Holding Gala to Support Car Giveaway on Christmas
A Baltimore family is in for a very special Christmas morning thanks to the organization Cars with Care. “Having us come and knock on your door and hand you the keys — free and clear — to a vehicle, I think that’s a big deal,” said Stephen Green, one of the co-founders of Cars with Care.
Holiday Markets to Find Handmade Gifts Around Baltimore This Season
Now that the holiday season is in full swing, the hunt to score the perfect presents for your loved ones is officially on. But instead of rushing to the mall (or heading straight for the gift card endcap) why not shop for one-of-a-kind pieces made by local artisans? As always, Baltimore will be full of cheery markets featuring talented regional makers this holiday season. Be sure to mark your calendar for these upcoming pop-ups, which yield endless opportunities to pick out something personal.
Movie review: Saltburn
Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn wears its influences on its sleeve. First and foremost, there’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, Anthony Minghella’s film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel about a slippery con artist who ingratiates himself to a charming layabout and his girlfriend vacationing in Italy. Then there are bits of The Great Gatsby, Brideshead Revisited, and even a skosh of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. This film should’ve been catnip for me. I love films and books about glamorous, careless rich people and the poor people who try to infiltrate their cloistered world. I also loved Fennell’s first film, the acid-dipped Promising Young Woman. But somehow, Saltburn just didn’t quite do it for me.
Movie Review: Nyad
Based on the Nyad trailer, I made the assumption—and I suspect you did too—that Annette Bening and Jodie Foster were playing life partners, perhaps even spouses. I got it half right. They are life partners, but not of the romantic kind. Yes, they tried dating once back in the day—it didn’t take. Instead, they’ve been best friends for decades, the kind of best friends who know what the other is thinking without exchanging a word and can even read between the lines of what is said. (For example, when Bening’s Diana Nyad says she doesn’t want a surprise party for her 60th birthday, Foster’s Bonnie Stoll knows that means she actually does want one.) They love each other, they get on each other’s nerves. They have a casual physical intimacy. They fight, they make up—and have an easy, if prickly, rapport. Bonnie is particularly irked by Diana’s self-obsession, her tendency to self-mythologize. She interrupts Diana when she holds court at parties, sharing stories of her life of adventure, basically admonishing, “They’ve heard enough.”
After Cancer Treatments, Landis Expandis is Getting Back to His Art
During a stay in the intensive care unit in the wake of a Lymphoma diagnosis and resulting liver and kidney complications in May, local artist Landis Expandis was limited to intravenous feedings—leaving him understandably ravenous. But instead of letting that discomfort overwhelm him, he did what he does best—translated his feelings into art.
Where to Get Tasty Thanksgiving Takeout Around Baltimore
There are a lot of things to be thankful for this holiday season, and—thanks to the local food scene—the ability to ditch the pre-Turkey Day prep is one of them. Plenty of restaurants are open on Thanksgiving, but, if you’re hosting at home or heading to a potluck, there are also seemingly endless carryout options. It might be hard parting with your favorite recipes, but these locally made, ready-to-eat options provide all of the fixings and trimmings without any of the extra work. You can thank us later. (If you’re on dessert duty, head over to our ultimate pie guide to narrow down the sweet selections.)
Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Found Guilty on Two Counts of Perjury
After roughly six hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Greenbelt returned two guilty verdicts in the perjury trial of former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Thursday afternoon. Following three days of testimony this week, the first of two long-anticipated trials concluded with closing arguments Wednesday after Mosby decided...
Open & Shut: Rooted Rotisserie; Nana; The Local Oyster
Rooted Rotisserie: When we last spoke with Amanda Burton, she was deep in the process of opening Rooted Rotisserie—a French rotisserie-style concept she created with her husband, Joe Burton, inspired by their travels to France and markets they frequented in Bastille. Now, the Southwest Baltimore restaurant is officially open at 1116 Hollins St., directly across from Hollins Market.
Movie review: The Holdovers
Films about teachers generally fall into two categories. We have the inspirational teacher genre (Dead Poet’s Society, Mr. Holland’s Opus) and we have the strict or abusive teacher genre (Whiplash, The Paper Chase). Generally, the students are depicted in contrast to the teacher. So the kids in Dead Poet’s Society are a little too conformist and rigid, deeply in need of John Keating’s urging that they “Carpe diem!” And Miles Teller’s earnest, working class drummer is presented as a good guy foil to J.K. Simmons’ sociopathic music professor.
A Love Letter to The Local Oyster
I can say with certainty: I came to Baltimore because of The Local Oyster. The first time I met Nick Schauman was a warm July night in 2013. He was standing on the corner of West 23rd Street and Hampden Avenue in Remington. Inside a small white rowhome, the recently opened W.C. Harlan was buzzing with the clink of craft cocktails and conversation. And outside on the sidewalk, beneath a tailgate tent, before a plastic table and Maryland flag, there he stood, bouncing between mounds of ice and oysters, an equally bustling one-man show.
Mobtown Ballroom is Starting its Next Chapter in Station North
In the 12 years since Sarah Sullivan and Michael Seguin opened Mobtown Ballroom in Pigtown, the refurbished 1800s church has drawn in droves with its niche dance programming, including everything from square dance and swing dance to honky tonk, Lindy Hop, and circus arts. Due to ongoing differences with their...
New Film Project Follows Mexican Chefs in Baltimore and New Orleans
How do immigrants use food to shape their urban communities? This is the question at the heart of El Camino Del Pan Y Mole, a set of two documentary shorts exploring parallels between the lives of two Mexican chefs—one from Baltimore, and one from New Orleans. The local subject,...
Movie Review: Priscilla
It’s difficult to resist the temptation to psychoanalyze Sofia Coppola through her films. As a girl, she was unfairly thrust into the arena of adults—miscast as Mary Corleone in her father’s Godfather 3—where she learned hard lessons about how cruel and unforgiving the world could be (the critics and public were…not kind).
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